6 Simple Google SEO Tips For Small Businesses

by Hubspot Internet Marketing Blog Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): Google’s Matt Cutts “in the flesh” – great stuff – thanks to Hubspot for bringing this video to my attention, and thanks for the brief summary of the main points made by Matt. My 2 cents on the point about starting a blog: great … Read more

Nielsen Scraps Web Page View Rankings

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): This change by Nielsen/NetRatings in how Web site property popularity is judged is something to keep your eye on. It is more than a simple change in how site popularity is measured – it reflects fundamental changes that are occurring in the way Web content … Read more

How Do B2B Buyers Search?

By Kevin Newcomb SearchEngineWatch Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): A really interesting article for B2B marketers, especially the similarity found in user interaction with the search results page between B2B and consumer search. An insightful, quick read. “For business to business (B2B) buyers, search engines are the primary research source, and one of the … Read more

Google Retools Search Engine

SYSTEM REBUILD ADDS BOOKS, MOVIES, IMAGES, MAPS TO QUERY RESULTS By Elise Ackerman Mercury News Dave Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): I’ve been using “universal search” all day today. I like the universal search concept Google is pursuing, but I haven’t really noticed a change in the search results I receive in my typical business … Read more

50 Questions To Answer Before Starting Your SEO Campaign

By Stoney deGeyter search engine land Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): A great little primer for small business owners regarding how and who should be doing their Web site search engine optimizing. All fifty questions are relevant and will take less than 3 minutes to read. “An online business owner basically has two choices … Read more

Yahoo and IBM Team up in Enterprise Search

Source: SearchEngineWatch Blog “A minute after midnight, Bill Snyder, Senior Writer for TheStreet.com, broke the story about IBM teaming up with Yahoo in enterprise search. As of today, the two firms are offering IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition as a free download. The underlying technology for the new product belongs to IBM, but the interface is … Read more

10 Signs Your SEO Is a Quack

By Jill Whalen HighRankings.com Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): This week Jill provided a very nice overview of how to tell if you’re dealing with an “SEO Quack”! Good Stuff – enjoy! And if you’re trying some do-it-yourself SEO, here’s a link to the SEO Tutorial on my Digital Marketing Tutorial Web site. “There … Read more